WIMBLEDON is risking a racket — by letting crowds bring in Tory, Labour, and even Palestinian flags.
Rosettes can be worn too, though political campaigning at the tennis tournament is banned.
The General Election on July 4 comes three days after the opening match on Centre Court — the first time one has coincided with the world’s most prestigious tennis championship since 1895.
Russian and Belarusian flags will remain prohibited after Vladimir Putin’s bloody invasion of Ukraine.
But no others will be added to the ban, despite the war in Gaza.
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Sally Bolton, CEO of the All England Lawn Tennis Club, said: “We have had a look through all of our operations and we do not believe there will be any operational impact of the election taking place.
“There’s no political campaigning on site.
“But our ground entry conditions are all focused around disturbing other people’s enjoyment of the tennis — if you’re creating a disturbance, that’s when we would address it.”
Players will be competing for a total prize pot of £50million, up £5.3million.
The singles champions will each win £2.7million.
Last year, their trophies were presented by club patron, the Princess of Wales.
However, she is currently having cancer treatment.
Wimbledon chair Debbie Jevans told yesterday’s media briefing: “Our priority is clearly that our patron has time to recover and we’re certainly not going to speculate on her attendance this year.”
